… Read More → "A map of craigslist missed connections, where love is (almost) found"Cartoonist Dorothy Gambrell mapped out state-by-state where love is (almost) found through the Craigslist “Missed Connections” section. The map was featured in the February 2013 issue of Psychology Today.
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Designers Andrew Spitz, Markus Schmeiduch and Ruben van der Vleuten have developed a Braille-like navigation device for blind people, to help them navigate new routes in cities. Called ‘Blind Maps’, the device provides the blind with a tactile interface to help them navigate through new routes, intersections and turns—as well as warn them of road hazards.
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In any business, the ability to see into the future is the killer app, and Netflixmay be getting close with “House of Cards.” The series, directed by David Fincher, starring Kevin Spacey and based on a popular British series, is already the most streamed piece of content in the United States and 40 other countries, according to Netflix. The spooky part about that? Executives at the company knew it would … Read More → "House of Cards — using big data to guarantee its popularity"
… Read More → "Digital lighting slowly claiming a spot in the Internet of Things"LED lighting companies are embracing new business models that go beyond just the sales of LEDs, bulbs and fixtures, and LEDs are slowing starting to occupy a spot in the widening web of Internet-dependent goods and services.
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While we now have scroll-wheels, wireless connections and touch-surfaces, the basic form factor of the computer mouse remains remarkably similar to the box-with-a-button first demonstrated by Douglas C. Engelbart back in 1968. This doesn’t mean there haven’t been attempts to shake-up mouse design though, and the latest to cross our desk is the Mycestro 3D mouse – a thumb-activated, wireless mouse that attaches to your index finger.
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Ready to be amazed? According to Ultra-tech, a Florida-based containment provider for chemical clean-up and waste management, its new Ultra-Ever Dry coating is an amazing product. The coating is “super-hydrophobic” and “oleophobic,” meaning it repels almost any liquid on a wide range of materials, including – but not limited to – hammers to boots and gloves.
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Roboticists around the world are in the process of reverse engineering the anatomical construction of cheetahs and other cats in an attempt to develop faster and more agile legged robots. The latest project, dubbed the Pneupard, hails from Osaka University. Although still early in development, the new biomimetic platform stands out from some of the others through its use of pneumatic artificial muscles as its primary means of locomotion.
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This is an impressive stop motion of a game of 3-D ‘Snake’ being played, all draw (and erased) in chalk by Chris Carlson.
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While most of us sit around grumbling and demanding to know, “where’s my jetpack?”, German Fritz Unger and a group of friends have decided to do something about it. On a shoestring budget they are building their own one-man, jet-propelled wing. Dubbed “Skyflash,” it’s meant to not only emulate the jet wing made famous by Jetman Yves Rossy, but to go one better by taking off from … Read More → "Skyflash: Jetman-like wings designed to allow ground take off"
When Greg Dunn finished his Ph.D. in neuroscience at Penn in 2011, he bought himself a sensory deprivation tank as a graduation present. The gift marked a major life transition, from the world of science to a life of meditation and art.
Now a full-time artist living in Philadelphia, Dunn says he was inspired in his grad-student days by the spare beauty of neurons treated with … Read More → "You wish your neurons were this pretty"
